California Assembly Bill AB2242 Latest Draft

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2242AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Davis FEBRUARY 18, 2010 An act to amend Section 1700.6 of the Labor Code, relating to talent agencies. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2242, as amended, Davis. Talent agencies: employment inquiries. Existing law prohibits a person from operating a talent agency unless the person has obtained a license from the Labor Commissioner. Existing law requires an application for a talent agency license to contain specified information. This bill would require that an application for a talent agency license contain a signature by the applicant attesting that he or she  has read and understands the contents of any fact sheet on employment inquiries published by the Department of Industrial Relations, or that he or she  is familiar with the legal standards governing employment inquiries. The bill would allow the  department   Department of Industrial Relations  to make  such a fact sheet or similar   the most current  information  regarding legally permissible inquiries by an employer, as published by the Department of Fair Employment and Housing,  available to applicants in  certain   specified  forms. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 1700.6 of the Labor Code is amended to read: 1700.6. (a) A written application for a license shall be made to the Labor Commissioner in the form prescribed by him or her and shall state all of the following: (1) The name and address of the applicant. (2) The street and number of the building or place where the business of the talent agency is to be conducted. (3) The business or occupation engaged in by the applicant for at least two years immediately preceding the date of application. (4) If the applicant is other than a corporation, the names and addresses of all persons, except bona fide employees on stated salaries, financially interested, either as partners, associates, or profit sharers, in the operation of the talent agency in question, together with the amount of their respective interests. (5) If the applicant is a corporation, the corporate name, the names, residential addresses, and telephone numbers of all officers of the corporation, the names of all persons exercising managing responsibility in the applicant or licensee's office, and the names and addresses of all persons having a financial interest of 10 percent or more in the business and the percentage of financial interest owned by those persons. (b) The application shall be accompanied by two sets of fingerprints of the applicant and affidavits of at least two reputable residents of the city or county in which the business of the talent agency is to be conducted who have known, or been associated with, the applicant for two years, indicating that the applicant is a person of good moral character or, in the case of a corporation, has a reputation for fair dealing. (c) The application shall contain a signature by the applicant attesting that he or she  has read and understands the contents of any fact sheet published by the department regarding permissible employment inquiries, including any updates thereto, or, if the department does not publish such a fact sheet, that he or she is familiar with the legal standards governing the   is familiar with the legally permissible  inquiries that an employer may make of employees and applicants for employment. The  department   Department of Industrial Relations  may make  any fact sheet on employment inquiries  available to applicants on its Internet Web site or provide  information regarding permissible employment inquiries  in any informational material published by the department regarding talent agency licenses  the most current guidelines, fact sheets, or forms published by the Department of Fair Employment and Housing which describe the legally permissible inquiries that an employer may make of employees or applicants for employment  .